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Xanax?!?

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DreganZblood [4427235]

What is with the use of Xanax in this game? Does someone on the dev team not know what it is?  It is a fast-acting benzodiazapene, an anti-psychotic. It's used primarily to dampen panic attacks, usually by putting someone's dick in the dirt. Meant to be taken as an ongoing med regimen, not as a 'per-incident' type of response medication. For proper use, it is slowly introduced at a low daily dosage and then increased by a physician closely supervising a patient and should be reduced over time as well, as opposed to stopped suddenly.  

    You do realize that the highly inaccurate, even if in jest, portrayal of it as some kind of 'fixit' drug, WILL cause at least 1 in every 10,000 players to have the notion, even after compensationg for it being an exagerrated game, that it is something that you might give to a severly wounded person.  Why? because people are generally dipshits... and I can already tell there is a higher concentration than usual in your user count. 

Ohadik [424017] Wiki Contributor

If it bothers you that much then don't compare anything to the real world.

 

Instead think of it as just a fictional item that gives you energy and the name of the item is Xanax. Simple. If you take said item, you'll get energy. Easy peasy. 

Almus [4192456]

If any teen or adult who can read (This is a text based game) and loves to read start using Xanax just from referencing this game without researching more, then they deserve it. It's nature selection talking in front of Darwin's face.

RealTeel [3008047]

Honest answer?

 

The creator of the game was pretty young when he made Torn.

 

But as a side note, Xanax will 100% eventually be changed (at least in name) because Xanax is a brand name.

 

We used to have actual car names (Mustang, Lamborghini, etc) and that was changed for copyright reasons. I can only assume the same will eventually happen with Xanax and other items too.

Knirt [3033570]

We should call it Xerox.   Because that makes no sense either. 

 

It's not supposed to be realistic.   Likely named so inaccurately because it's so useful and the irony of it.